Compromises
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Why the Truth Will Not Save Us
Compromise does not have a good reputation. Many regard it as a sign of weakness: a betrayal of principles, the lowest common denominator of political timidity. In times of heightened conflict, only one thing seems to matter: one’s own truth. Yet free societies do not thrive on the imposition of absolute truths. They thrive on compromise.
In his incisive essay, the economist, theologian and business ethicist Nils Goldschmidt shows why compromise is not a stopgap, but one of the most important cultural techniques of free societies. Where different interests, values and world views meet, only compromise makes it possible to live together in freedom.
With analytical sharpness, a historical eye and a palpable delight in argument, Goldschmidt combines economic insights, philosophical reflections and observations from political practice. The result is a clever, entertaining and surprisingly optimistic book about a virtue our society urgently needs to rediscover. For it is not the truth that stands in the way of compromise, but the belief that we already possess it.
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